The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for TSU CHENG CHAO & SHAO-HSUAN HSIAO at Taipei 2026: 1:09:29, 49th of 527 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:05 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:24 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:06, was faster than 90% of the field.
Taipei gave the field time back: about 1:40 faster than the average race this season, by 202 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:47v median −0:16
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:26v median −0:50
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Block 03 7:53Running 3 4:31v median −0:58
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Block 04 7:12Running 4 4:35v median −1:02
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:37v median −1:08
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Block 06 5:55Running 6 4:24v median −1:19
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Block 07 7:32Running 7 4:35v median −1:10
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Block 08 8:52Running 8 4:45v median −1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 362
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 362 men's teams who finished.